Labour force survey, Q4 2012

Employed persons aged 15-74 and absence from work during the whole reference week, by reason for absence and sex (LFS). Per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012
	2011	2012	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012
Total
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	83.4	83.5	71.4	87.2	88.8	86.4	73.4	85.4
Temporarily absent, total	16.6	16.5	28.6	12.8	11.2	13.6	26.6	14.6
Illness	3.4	3.5	2.9	3.8	4.0	3.5	2.9	3.7
Holiday	8.3	8.3	22.0	3.8	2.7	5.2	19.9	5.4
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.8	1.6	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.9
Laid off	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Other reason/ unspecified	3.0	3.0	2.4	3.1	2.9	3.2	2.5	3.5

Males
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	85.2	85.5	73.8	89.0	90.9	88.7	75.8	86.7
Temporarily absent, total	14.8	14.5	26.2	11.0	9.1	11.3	24.2	13.3
Illness	2.8	2.8	2.5	3.1	3.0	2.6	2.4	3.1
Holiday	8.0	8.0	20.9	3.6	2.6	4.9	19.1	5.4
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	2.2	1.8	1.6	2.3	1.9	1.8	1.3	2.3
Laid off	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Other reason/ unspecified	1.6	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	2.3

Females
In total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
At work	81.5	81.3	68.8	85.3	86.6	83.8	70.7	84.0
Temporarily absent, total	18.5	18.7	31.2	14.7	13.4	16.2	29.3	16.0
Illness	4.0	4.4	3.3	4.7	5.1	4.5	3.5	4.3
Holiday	8.6	8.6	23.3	3.9	2.7	5.5	20.8	5.3
Taking time off/ working time arrangement	1.4	1.3	0.8	1.5	1.1	1.8	1.1	1.5
Laid off	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Other reason/ unspecified	4.5	4.4	3.7	4.6	4.4	4.5	3.9	4.8

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